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Jasen is training for baseball. He runs 3/4 of the bases in 1/4 of a minute. How many minutes does it take him to run each base?

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Final answer:

Jasen takes 1/12 of a minute, or 5 seconds, to run each base.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how many minutes it takes Jasen to run each base, we need to divide the time it takes him to run all the bases by the number of bases. Jasen runs 3/4 of the bases in 1/4 of a minute. So, the time it takes him to run all the bases is (1/4)/(3/4) = 1/3 of a minute. Since there are 4 bases in baseball, Jasen takes (1/3)/4 = 1/12 of a minute to run each base. Therefore, it takes him 1/12 of a minute, or 5 seconds, to run each base.

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